The city of Burbank, IL (zip code 60459) is located in Cook County and has a population of 28,925 people. It is governed by the Mayor and City Council who work together to make decisions that affect the whole community. The current mayor of Burbank is Harry Klein, who was elected in 2017 and will be up for reelection in 2021. The City Council consists of seven members each elected to a four-year term. Issues addressed by the City Council recently have been related to public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and quality of life concerns. The Burbank government actively engages with its citizens through public meetings and various outreach activities to ensure that all voices and interests are heard in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Zip 60459 (Burbank, IL) is strongly liberal.
Cook County, IL is very liberal. In Cook County, IL 74.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Cook county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60459 (Burbank, IL) is strongly liberal.
Burbank, Illinois is strongly liberal.
Cook County, Illinois is very liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Burbank, Illinois: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 60459 (Burbank)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $14,112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $9,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)